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BANGKOK — Mourners wearing red shirts were prohibited by police from attending yesterday’s memorial service for Apiwan Wiriyachai, a popular Redshirt leader who passed away in exile 100 days ago.

BANGKOK — Former Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawasdi, who is widely supported by Thailand's Redshirt faction, has endorsed the military junta's effort to draft a new constitution.

TRAT — A local official in Trat province has apologized for hiring scantily-clad female dancers to perform at a National Children's Day event on Saturday.

BANGKOK (DPA) — A Rohingya woman was found dead in a convoy containing nearly 100 people being smuggled into Thailand, police said Monday.

By Ahmad Pathoni

AMNART CHAROEN — A motorcycle gang in Amnart Charoen province organized a food drive for poor children in celebration of Thailand’s National Children's Day today.

BANGKOK — Junta chairman and Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha addressed Thai children in a televised speech last night on the occasion of Thailand’s National Children's Day.

PATTANI — Three suspected insurgents were killed in a heated gunfight with security officers at a religious school in Pattani province today.

BANGKOK — Pheu Thai politicians have expressed their confidence in former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s defense of the corruption allegations filed against her by Thailand’s national anti-graft agency.

BANGKOK — Seventeen students at a secondary school in Bangkok were rushed to the hospital after they reportedly took hypnotic drugs at school.